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FAIRHAVEN IMPROVEMENT 
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ASSOCIATION 



HISTORICAL SKETCH 
1882 — 1903 

BY-LAWS & OFFICERS 



FAIRHAVEN, MASS. 
1903 



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HISTORICAL SKETCH 

The Fairhaven Improvement Association was 
formed in the fall of 1882, and is therefore 
approaching its majority. It is incorporated 
under the laws of the state : and holds real 
and personal property to the amount of several 
thousand dollars. 

The first work of the association was the 
setting of shade trees: of which two thousand and 
over, including those planted by Mr. Rogers, have 
been set out along the several streets of the town. 
This work was followed by securing the control of 
Fort Phoenix, putting it in repair and adding to 
its natural attractions, much to the satisfaction of 
all frequenters of this beautiful spot. The old 
Burial Hill cemetery of Oxford, where John Cooke 
the first white man to settle in Fairhaven and the 
last male survivor from the passengers of the 
Mayflower lies buried, was next purchased: to 
mark the grave of this, one of the most distin- 
guished citizens of the town, the Association is 
now erecting a monument as simple and rugged 
as the pioneer himself. Woodside cemetery, also 
in Oxford, has been cared for, and the abandoned 
village cemetery at the end of William street 
graded, surrounded with an ornamental stone wall, 
and popularly named Willow park. Advertise- 



ments and signs have been removed from fences, 
trees, and poles, rubbish carted away and numer- 
ous open lots improved. Drinking fountains have 
been established and maintained at convenient 
points at a cost of over twelve hundred dollars. 
Bathing houses to the number of one hundred 
have been built : controlled by the association, 
with only a nominal fee for their use, they have 
proved a great success and a blessing to thousands 
of bathers. And during the years it has taken 
to accomplish these and other improvements, 
over eighty lectures and entertainments under the 
auspices of the Association have given the town 
pleasure and enjoyment. About fifteen thousand 
dollars, raised by excursions, entertainments, mem- 
bership fees, bath house fees, donations and 
legacies has been spent in the work. 

This hasty sketch of the Association's work 
would be incomplete without reference to the 
greater work of Mr. H. H. Rogers. The erection 
in this village of splendid buildings of great 
beauty and cost, in some of the world's most 
beautiful styles of architecture — French Gothic, 
Italian Renaissance, English Gothic, Georgian, 
and Grecian — , is certainly without a parallel in 
this country. The beauty of our roadways and 
curbs, the fine accommodations for school children 
and teachers, water and sewer systems, a unique 
library, stately town hall, and a magnificent group 
of church buildings, have placed the town heavilv in 
the debt of its thoughtful friend who has long 
been a prominent member and worker of this asso- 
ciation. 



BY-LAWS 

ARTICLE I 
Name 
• The name of the Corporation shall be "Fair- 
haven Improvement Association." 
ARTICLE II 
Object 
The objects of association of the members of 
the corporation shall be the improvement and the 
ornamenting of the streets and public squares of 
the town of Fairhaven, by planting and cultivating 
ornamental trees, and generally to promote the 
beauty and welfare of the town. 
ARTICLE III 
Officers 
The officers of the corporation shall consist of 
a President, Vice-president, Secretary, Treasurer 
and an Executive Committee to be composed of 
thirty members, at least live of whom shall be 
ladies; all of the officers shall be elected by bal- 
lot at the annual meeting, and they shall severally 
hold their offices from the date of their election 
until the next annual meeting or until their respec- 
tive successors are chosen. 

Any vacancy may be tilled for the remainder 
of the term by a majority vote of the members 
present at a meeting of the Executive Committee, 



or by ballot at any special meeting of the corpora- 
tion called for that purpose. 

ARTICLE IV 
Duties 

The President, Vice President, Secretary and 
Treasurer shall perform the usual duties per- 
taining to their respective offices, and shall each 
be a member ex-officio of the Executive Commit- 
tee ; provided, however, that no bill shall be paid 
by the Treasurer of the corporation until the same 
has been approved by a majority vote of the mem- 
bers present at a meeting of the Executive Com- 
mittee. 

ARTICLE V 

Executive Committee 

It shall be the duty of the Executive Commit- 
tee to carry out the objects of the association 
practically as set forth in Article 2nd : and to that 
end shall by its duly authorized committees make 
all contracts, employ all laborers, superintend all 
improvements and have charge of the expenditure 
of all its money. 

ARTICLE VI 
Meetings 

The annual meeting of the corporation for the 
election of officers and for hearing reports of its 
transactions shall be held within seven days pre- 
vious to or seven days after Arbor Day, in each 
year, seven days' notice of said meeting having 
been given. 

Special meetings of the corporation may be 
called at the discretion of the Executive Commit- 
tee. At all meetings seven members shall consti- 
tute a quorum. 



ARTICLE VII 

Meetings of the Executive Committee 

A meeting of the Executive Committee shall 
be 'held monthly and oftener if deemed expedient, 
and at these meetings five members shall consti- 
tute a quorum. 

ARTICLE VIII 
Membership 

Any person proposed by a member of the 
corporation may become a member of the same by 
a majority vote of the members, or of the members 
of its Executive Committee, upon payment of one 
dollar to the treasurer. Membership shall termi- 
nate in this corporation upon a failure to make 
payment of the annual due of one dollar to the 
Treasurer of the same at the annual meeting, or 
within three months after due notice thereof by 
the Treasurer. 

ARTICLE IX 

Life Membership 

The payment of ten dollars annually for three 
years or of twenty-five dollars in one sum shall 
constitute a life membership in this corporation. 

ARTICLE X 

Liabilities 

No debt shall be contracted by the Executive 
Committee beyond the amount of available means 
within their control, and no member of the corpora- 
tion shall be liable for any debt of the corporation. 



ARTICLE XI 

Amendments 

This constitution may be amended at any 
meeting of the corporation by a two-thirds vote 
of the members present and voting. Due notice 
of the proposed amendment having been given in 
the call for said meeting. 



OFFICERS, J902-1903 

President — Thomas A. Tripp 

•Vice President — Edward (i. Spooner 

Secretary — Job C. Tripp 

Treasurer — Lewis T. Shurtleff 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

Term expires 1908— Marcellus P. Whitfield, 
Joseph B. Peck, Lewis T. Shurtleff, George W. 
Stevens, Lyman C. Bauldry, Joseph K. Nye, Mrs. 
David N. Kelley, Mrs. John S. Brand, Mrs George 
W. Stevens, Miss R. L. H. Taber. 

Term expires 11)04 — Joseph Pettee, Jr., H. V. 
Bisbee, James Ede, F. A. Keith, H. D. Waldron, 
Mrs. B. F. Beetle, Mrs. Frank E. Brown, Mrs. J. 
L. Gillingham, Mrs. C. D. Hunt, Mrs. E. Man- 
chester. 

Term expires 1905 — Edward B. Gray, John I. 
Bryant, William W. Crossman, Anderson W. Kel- 
ley, Charles E. Lumbard, Miss Sara B. Clarke, 
Mrs. Mattie Stoddard, Mrs. Frank H. Church, 
Mrs. Levi M. Lawton. 

Sub-Committees 

Bathing Houses — James Ede, C. E. Lumbard, 
Joseph Pettee, Jr., George W. Stevens, Anderson 
W. Kelley, Mrs. J. S. Brand. 



Cook Memorial— M. P. Whitfield, Mrs. F. H. 
Church. 

Entertainment Committee — Lyman C. Bauldry, 
Miss Sara B. Clark, Mrs. J. S. Brand, Mrs. Mattie 
Stoddard, Mrs. C D. Hunt, Mrs. D. N. Kelley, 
.Mrs. G. W. Stevens, Mrs. B. F. Beetle, Mrs. J. 
L. Gillingham, Mrs E. Manchester, Anderson W. 
Kelley, Edward B. Gray, Marcellus P. Whitfield, 
Harry Y . Bisbee. William W. Crossman. 

Fort Phoenix—}. C. Tripp, M. P. Whitfield. 

Fountains — Harry V. Bisbee, William W. Cross- 
man. 

Membership — Mrs. F. E. Brown, Anderson W 
Kelley, Job C. Tripp. 

Mill Pond — Joseph K. Nye, Edward G. Spooner, 
Edward B. Cray. 

Observation — Henry D. Waldron, Joseph B. Peck. 

Tableware — Mrs. L. M. Lawton. 

Trees— John I. Bryant, L. T. Shurtleff. 

Willow Park— Fred'k. A. Keith, Miss K. L. H. 
Taber. 

Woodside Cemetery — E. B. Cray, Mrs. F. H. 
Church, Mrs. Mattie Stoddard. 



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